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is it possible to fix this chest issue with exercise?

Started by ChrisRokk, February 21, 2014, 04:18:43 AM

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ChrisRokk

I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this or did experience this before top surgery and if they had any tips.

My increased muscle mass is starting to push the small amount of breast tissue I have outward, so I have a bigger chest than I did pre-T.  I have been avoiding decline bench presses and dips and I have been trying to do extra incline bench presses in the hopes that I will get more development on the superior side of my pecs and less on the inferior side.  I cannot tell if it is helping yet.  Am I doing this right?  Is there anything else I can do to help the underside of my chest stay smaller?
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Jared

I'm also curious about this. I just started to go to the gym to see if it helps so I can't tell yet.
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Polo

As I understand it, the reverse grip bench press is great for emphasizing the upper portion of the pec muscles, even better than the incline. That and avoiding declines and standard presses and pushups are as far as I know. I'm pre-T and pre-op, but have had decent success with doing this.
Good luck!


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ChrisRokk

Quote from: Polo on February 21, 2014, 09:23:46 AM
As I understand it, the reverse grip bench press is great for emphasizing the upper portion of the pec muscles, even better than the incline. That and avoiding declines and standard presses and pushups are as far as I know. I'm pre-T and pre-op, but have had decent success with doing this.
Good luck!

Thanks! That is helpful. I will try reverse grip next time. I imagine it might feel a little awkward with dumbbells (I prefer those) so maybe I will try the bar.
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overdrive

Breasts are mostly fat tissue, period. While there is a certain amount of breast tissue (determined by personally genetics), generally speaking the more muscle you get the smaller your breasts get. What is happening is likely one of the following things:

1) You may mistakenly be thinking your breasts are getting bigger if you're hitting your upper pecs harder because that pulls them up a bit more "perky".
2) You may be seeing the area as a whole start to get larger if you're hitting your lower pecs harder because the area is filling out more with muscle where it had been formerly flat.

The key in your case is to determine which heads you have been either neglecting or having difficulty hitting and target them while continuing to hit the ones that are growing very well as a secondary muscle group (pecs are secondary to triceps and visa versa). So if your upper pecs are growing larger than the rest of your pecs, focus on your lower, inner and outer with chest exercises and make sure to hit your upper when you do tricep exercises, for example. Avoiding hitting the head of a specific muscle group altogether isn't the answer and also make sure to change up your routine every few weeks as well. All professional athletes, including body builders change up their routine every few weeks and hit different muscle heads for each muscle group weather as a primary or secondary depending on their specific needs.

Another thing to think about.... picture professional female body builders Their breasts are almost non-existant unless they have had breast enlargement surgery done. In addition to my many years of being a professional athlete and the training required, I know many other professional athletes including body builders, both male and female and can say this with confidence.
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Natkat

its very difficult to nearly imposible to train your arms without also training your cheast so I think you must think about that. but you can try having a bench who is bending to put most of the weight in the stomack area-lower cheast area, and then have less weight on your opper cheast area. ex while doing push ups on the hillside.

http://eatercise.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/InclinePushUp.jpg this is push ups who focus more on lower mucles than the upper mucles

http://blog.stack.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Bench-Press-Push-Up-629x353.jpg
and here its opposite focusing more on the opper mucle, so you would get a bigger cheast.

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